deauthenticate en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English authenticate English deauthenticate From de- + authenticate.
Meanings
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(transitive) To reject as authentic; to falsify or disprove.
In the hand of what person soever it be alleged by the witness to be, a case may happen in which it may be material (though at the expense of a distinct enquiry) to authenticate or deauthenticate it by ulterior evidence.
1827, Jeremy Bentham, Rationale of Judicial Evidence:
- (transitive) To revoke the authentication of; to cause no longer to be authenticated.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deauthenticating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deauthenticates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| deauthenticated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deauthenticated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |